Bluegrass At Large

Over the last two weeks we have had some fun with our poll asking "Who has the best hair in bluegrass?" Initially it was all-Del, but in the back stretch, Rhonda Vincent pulled out all the stops and won it walking

The continuing shift to digital music opens new possibilities for artists, but it also presents some marketing challenges. Fans who hear a song at a show and want to buy a digital version on the spot usually have two options –

Kevin Triplett with Bristol Motor Speedway sent along a photo of the sign out in front of the racetrack, which pays tribute to Doyle Lawson. The newest member of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame is a Bristol resident, and the staff

Guitar hero Tony Rice has had to cancel a number of shows owing to another recent bout of illness. He was down with pneumonia in November last year, and has been experiencing respiratory and other ailments in recent weeks. Keith Case with

Well, it seems like we have started a major controversy in bluegrass with our poll seeking to determine who has the best hair in bluegrass. Artists are sending their fans to vote, so we will keep the poll up until Thursday

Here's ones for all the Apple fans out there. (Haters, keep it to yourself.) Our friends at Whynoceros, who developed the Barnyard Bluegrass app for iOS devices, showed up at the Apple store in Portland to entertain the folks in line to

Veteran Fairborn, Ohio, bluegrass musician Red Spurlock has been diagnosed with oral cancer. A Kentucky-born banjo player, Spurlock started out in late in 1951 playing with Red Allen in Dayton area bars, including the Miami Bar and the Friendly Inn, later

The positive reports just keep on coming from Phil Leadbetter, now more than 18 months into treatment for Hodgkins Lymphoma, a cancer of the white blood cells and lymphatic system. After finding little success with chemo and radiation therapy, Phil was recently

Talk about meeting cute... Today is the wedding day of Kelsi Robertson and Paul Harrigill, the mandolinist and banjoist respectively with Flatt Lonesome. The couple first met two years ago at IBMA when Paul was performing with a different group, and Kelsi

Our friends at Bandzoogle have shared some information for artists preparing to attend IBMA's World of Bluegrass next week. This time it's from Dave Cool, Director of Artist Relations, who sent along this excerpt from his free ebook, Attending Music